The surname Hosein
A surname, carried by 1,078 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex H250
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,078 people named Hosein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 895.
#23,555
rank among US surnames
1,078
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+20.4%
change since 2000 (was #25,825)
Who is named Hosein
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
40% of people named Hosein identified as Black (not Hispanic), 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 15% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 40%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 26%
- Two or more races 15%
- White (not Hispanic) 9.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 2.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Hosein has the Soundex code H250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H250.
Questions
- How common is the surname Hosein?
- 1,078 people in the United States had the surname Hosein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,406 Americans. It ranked 23,555th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hosein?
- In the 2010 Census, 40% of people named Hosein identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Hosein getting more or less common?
- More common. 895 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,078 in 2010, up 20%.